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Could an Allied invasion of Germany from the south - Italy across the Alps - have succeeded without establishing a front at Normandy?
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It might conceivably have succeeded but the cost in lives would have been enormous. Mountainous territory is naturally easy to defend and high rugged mountains like the alps, with narrow passes, are extremely easy. Had we tried that strategy we would have lost many times more men than we did going through France. Michael Montagne
I don't think the question is could the invasion of Germany from the south have succeeded without establishing a front at Normandy; but is could the front at Normandy have succeeded without the invasion of Germany from the south. Normandy was the main objective, not Italy. Italy was invaded to prevent Hitler's escape through the south; while the front established at Normandy was the main force with which the Allied forces took Nazi Germany.
How, please, would they have passed on to Germany after defeating Italy? Turning to the east over Austria towards the Soviets? Turning to the west through the south of France? Attacking Switzerland, or what?
That was close to what Churchill had in mind. His plan was to take Italy within a few months and then move up through Yugoslavia and into Vienna. It turned out that the Germans chose to fight a delayed withdrawal out of Italy. He truly thought that Vienna and the oil fields in the Balkans could be reached before the Normandy invasion(which was originally planned for an earlier date).
When Sicily fell, Hitler had to choose someone to command the troops in the South (mainly Italy). Rommel submitted his plan of withdrawing to northern Italy. Kesselring proposed to set up a series of defensive positions that would slow the Allied advance and yet be able to respond to any amphibious landings behind their lines. Hitler gave the job to Kesselring and Rommel was placed in command of the Atlantic Wall.
I believe a direct attack into Germany across the Alps might have made initial success as this was probably not well defended. But the logistic nightmare of supplying this move would have surely resulted in defeat very quickly when winter approached.
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